What are the responsibilities and job description for the Detour Brands - Extraction Technician-BHO/ETHANOL position at DETOUR?
Extraction Technician – Largest Operator in Michigan
Detour Brands: Built in Michigan. Powered by Science. Slightly Obsessed with Terpenes.
Let’s get this out of the way: We are not looking for someone who “once made shatter in their cousin’s garage in 2017.”
We are looking for a professional. (But may have started with making shatter in their cousin’s garage) A lab-minded, safety-first, pressure-reading, yield-tracking, solvent respecting Extraction Technician who knows that great oil doesn’t happen by accident.
At Detour, we don’t outsource. We don’t cut corners. And we don’t guess. We extract. Precisely.
What You’ll Actually Be Doing
You’ll be inside the lab running hydrocarbon, ethanol, and solventless systems like a calm, competent adult.
- Operating BHO systems, ethanol recovery, rosin presses, centrifuges, vacuum ovens, rotovaps — the fun toys. (hope you like toys!)
- Prepping biomass like a surgeon (weighing, staging, logging, zero shortcuts).
- Monitoring pressure, temperature, and critical variables like your Spotify playlist depends on it.
- Executing winterization, filtration, decarb, distillation.
- Logging yields, batch data, potency numbers — because “I think it went well” is not data.
- Maintaining C1D1/C1D2 compliance and following SOPs like they’re sacred texts.
- Partnering with QA so everything leaving this lab is Michigan-proud and regulator-approved.
- Contributing to R&D because we don’t just make products — we improve them.
If you enjoy watching clean golden oil move through a system, you dialed in perfectly... you’ll fit right in.
Who You Are (Beyond our new Superhero)
- 1–3 years extraction experience (hydrocarbon ethanol preferred).
- Solventless experience? Even better.
- You understand C1D1/C1D2 environments and don’t treat butane like it’s a scented candle.
- You know extraction science, not just TikTok science.
- You’re detail obsessed. Logs are clean. Numbers are accurate.
- You can lift 50 lbs and stand on your feet.
- 21 and background check ready.
Bonus points if you:
- Know closed-loop systems, centrifuges, rotovaps, vacuum ovens.
- Have GMP / ISO 9001 experience.
- Know METRC or seed-to-sale software.
- Have OSHA 10 or 30.
Why Detour?
We are one of the largest cannabis operators in Michigan. We’re vertically integrated. We’re house-made. We don’t outsource. Ever. Our lab isn’t chaos. It’s controlled energy. We build brands like Stickee, Budderface, Unsubscribed and more and the oil that powers them starts with you.
Plus we do a lot other fun NEW brands coming soon to a store near you.
Compensation
- $20.00 – $23.00/hour (based on experience)
- Training rate: $18.00/hour
- Full-time
If your ideal workday involves: Dialing in a system. Watching clean yields come off. Logging numbers with pride. Going home knowing Michigan is hitting better because of your work. Apply.
Let’s make something worth putting our name on. Take the Detour.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $23.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20 - $23